U.S. patent application number 11/877885 was filed with the patent office on 2008-04-10 for file management method.
This patent application is currently assigned to FUJITSU LIMITED. Invention is credited to Kanako Ariya, Yuichi Kawada, Masatoshi KIMURA, Yumiko Nakamura.
Application Number | 20080086461 11/877885 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 37214529 |
Filed Date | 2008-04-10 |
United States Patent
Application |
20080086461 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
KIMURA; Masatoshi ; et
al. |
April 10, 2008 |
FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD
Abstract
There is provided a technique for facilitating file marking by
adding attribute information to the file according to read of
biometric information. Biometric information is read from a living
body moving and attribute information abased on the biometric
information is added to the file. According to the biometric
information which has been read, the direction of the movement of
the living body is judged. When the movement direction coincides
with a predetermined direction, the file is searched according to
the biometric information.
Inventors: |
KIMURA; Masatoshi;
(Kawasaki, JP) ; Kawada; Yuichi; (Kawasaki,
JP) ; Nakamura; Yumiko; (Kawasaki, JP) ;
Ariya; Kanako; (Kawasaki, JP) |
Correspondence
Address: |
STAAS & HALSEY LLP
SUITE 700
1201 NEW YORK AVENUE, N.W.
WASHINGTON
DC
20005
US
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Assignee: |
FUJITSU LIMITED
Kawasaki
JP
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Family ID: |
37214529 |
Appl. No.: |
11/877885 |
Filed: |
October 24, 2007 |
Related U.S. Patent Documents
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Application
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Filing Date |
Patent Number |
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PCT/JP2005/007852 |
Apr 25, 2005 |
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11877885 |
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
1/1 ; 348/E7.061;
382/107; 707/999.003; 707/999.1; 707/E17.005; 707/E17.01 |
Current CPC
Class: |
G06F 21/6209 20130101;
G06F 16/148 20190101; H04N 21/4147 20130101; H04N 21/47 20130101;
H04N 21/4316 20130101; H04N 7/163 20130101; H04N 21/4627 20130101;
H04N 21/482 20130101; G06F 21/32 20130101; H04N 21/4415 20130101;
H04N 21/47214 20130101; G06F 3/03547 20130101; H04N 21/4223
20130101; G06F 2203/0338 20130101; G06F 21/6218 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
707/003 ;
382/107; 707/100; 707/E17.005 |
International
Class: |
G06F 17/30 20060101
G06F017/30; G06K 9/00 20060101 G06K009/00 |
Claims
1. A file management device comprising: a reading unit reading
biometric information of a body that moves; and an attribute adding
unit adding attribute information based on the biometric
information to a file.
2. A file management device according to claim 1, wherein said
reading unit sequentially reads the biometric information as the
body moves.
3. A file management device according to claim 1, wherein said
reading unit is a linear sensor and sequentially linearly reads the
information of the body moving in a direction orthogonal to a
longitudinal portion of said sensor.
4. A file management device comprising: a reading unit reading
biometric information of a body that moves; a determining unit
determining a moving direction of the body on the basis of the
biometric information read by said reading unit; and a searching
unit searching for, if the moving direction is coincident with a
predetermined direction, a file on the basis of the biometric
information.
5. A file management device according to claim 4, wherein said
searching unit searches for, if the moving direction is coincident
with the predetermined direction, a file to which attribute
information based on the biometric information is added, and
searches for, whereas if the moving direction is different from the
predetermined direction, a file to which attribute information
based on biometric information other than the former biometric
information is added.
6. A file management method comprising: a step of reading biometric
information of a body that moves; and a step of adding attribute
information based on the biometric information to a file.
7. A file management method according to claim 6, wherein said
biometric information reading step includes sequentially reading
the biometric information as the body moves.
8. A file management method according to claim 6, wherein said
biometric information reading step includes sequentially linearly
reading the information of the body moving in a direction
orthogonal to a longitudinal portion of a linear sensor.
9. A file management method comprising: a step of reading biometric
information of a body that moves; a step of determining a moving
direction of the body on the basis of the biometric information
read in said biometric information reading step; and a step of
searching for, if the moving direction is coincident with a
predetermined direction, a file on the basis of the biometric
information.
10. A file management method according to claim 9, wherein said
searching step includes searching for, if the moving direction is
coincident with the predetermined direction, a file to which
attribute information based on the biometric information is added,
and searching for, whereas if the moving direction is different
from the predetermined direction, a file to which attribute
information based on biometric information other than the former
biometric information is added.
11. A computer-readable storage medium on which is recorded a file
management program making a computer execute, the file management
program comprising the steps of: reading biometric information of a
body that moves; and adding attribute information based on the
biometric information to a file.
12. A computer-readable storage medium according to claim 11,
wherein said biometric information reading step includes
sequentially reading the biometric information as the body
moves.
13. A computer-readable storage medium according to claim 11,
wherein said biometric information reading step includes
sequentially linearly reading the information of the body moving in
a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal portion of a linear
sensor.
14. A computer-readable storage medium on which is recorded a file
management program making a computer execute, the file management
program comprising the steps of: reading biometric information of a
body that moves; determining a moving direction of the body on the
basis of the biometric information read in said biometric
information reading step; and searching for, if the moving
direction is coincident with a predetermined direction, a file on
the basis of the biometric information.
15. A computer-readable storage medium according to claim 14,
wherein said searching step includes searching for, if the moving
direction is coincident with the predetermined direction, a file to
which attribute information based on the biometric information is
added, and searching for, whereas if the moving direction is
different from the predetermined direction, a file to which
attribute information based on biometric information other than the
former biometric information is added.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This is a continuation of Application PCT/JP2005/007852,
filed on Apr. 25, 2005, now pending, the contents of which are
herein wholly incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to a technology of conducting
file management according to biometric information.
[0003] In the case of storing a file in an area shared with a
plurality of users, a process such as searching for the file has
hitherto been executed in a way that registers an associative
relation between the user and the file.
[0004] Particularly, in the case of setting usage authorization
such as reading, writing and deleting the file, an in-depth
associative relation with the user was registered for every usage
authorization.
[0005] Further, technologies disclosed in the following Patent
documents are given are the prior arts related to the invention of
the present application.
[0006] [Patent document 1]
[0007] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No.
03-176719
[0008] [Patent document 2]
[0009] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No.
2003-288160
[0010] [Patent document 3]
[0011] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No.
2003-298689
[0012] [Patent document 4]
[0013] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No.
2004-38870
[0014] [Patent document 5]
[0015] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No.
10-91769
[0016] [Patent document 6]
[0017] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No.
10-269145
[0018] [Patent document 7]
[0019] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No.
2001-350726
[0020] [Patent document 8]
[0021] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No.
2003-132626
[0022] [Patent document 9]
[0023] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No.
10-154131
[0024] [Patent document 10]
[0025] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No.
2000-358025
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0026] As described above, the registration of the associative
relation between the user and the file generally involves inputting
items of information for specifying the user such as a user name
and a password (which will hereinafter be simply termed identifying
information) for every target file, and registering these items of
identifying information on a one-by-one basis.
[0027] With spread of personal computers etc. attached with digital
cameras, semiconductor audio equipment and TV tuners, a tendency is
that a quantity (data size) of the files treated by users on a
daily basis rises, and it is a quite time-consuming operation to
register each piece of identifying information by selecting a
necessary file from within a large quantity of files.
[0028] Moreover, setting of file usage authorization entails
conducting in-depth registration by displaying a menu etc. for
setting, with the result that the operability goes under an
acceptable level.
[0029] Such being the case, the present invention provides a
technology that facilitates file marking by adding attribute
information to the file, corresponding to a state of reading the
biometric information.
[0030] The present invention adopts the following configurations in
order to solve the problems.
[0031] Namely, a file management device according to the present
invention comprises: reading means reading biometric information of
a body that moves; and attribute adding means adding attribute
information based on the biometric information to a file.
[0032] The reading means may be means that sequentially reads the
biometric information as the body moves.
[0033] The reading means may be a linear sensor and may also be
means that sequentially linearly reads the information of the body
moving in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal portion of the
sensor.
[0034] Further, a file management device according to the present
invention comprises: reading means reading biometric information of
a body that moves; determining means determining a moving direction
of the body on the basis of the biometric information read by the
reading means; and searching means searching for, if the moving
direction is coincident with a predetermined direction, a file on
the basis of the biometric information.
[0035] The searching means may search for, if the moving direction
is coincident with the predetermined direction, a file to which
attribute information based on the biometric information is added,
and may search for, whereas if the moving direction is different
from the predetermined direction, a file to which attribute
information based on biometric information other than the former
biometric information is added.
[0036] A file management method according to the present invention
comprises: a step of reading biometric information of a body that
moves; and a step of adding attribute information based on the
biometric information to a file.
[0037] The biometric information reading step may include
sequentially reading the biometric information as the body
moves.
[0038] The biometric information reading step may include
sequentially linearly reading the information of the body moving in
a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal portion of a linear
sensor.
[0039] Still further, a file management method according to the
present invention comprises: a step of reading biometric
information of a body that moves; a step of determining a moving
direction of the body on the basis of the biometric information
read in the biometric information reading step; and a step of
searching for, if the moving direction is coincident with a
predetermined direction, a file on the basis of the biometric
information.
[0040] The file management method may further comprise: a step of
determining a moving direction of the body on the basis of the
biometric information read in the biometric information reading
step; and a step of searching for, if the moving direction is
coincident with the predetermined direction, a file to which
attribute information based on the biometric information is added,
and searching for, whereas if the moving direction is different
from the predetermined direction, a file to which attribute
information based on biometric information other than the former
biometric information is added.
[0041] Yet further, the present invention may also be a file
management program for making a computer execute the file
management method. Moreover, the present invention may also be a
readable-by-computer recording medium recorded with the file
management program. The computer reads and executes the program on
the recording medium, whereby the function thereof can be
provided.
[0042] Herein, the readable-by-computer recording medium connotes a
storage medium capable of storing information such as data and
programs electrically, magnetically, optically, mechanically or by
chemical action, which can be read from the computer. Among these
storage mediums, for example, a flexible disc, a magneto-optic
disc, a CD-ROM, a CD-R/W, a DVD, a DAT, an 8 mm tape, a memory
card, etc. are given as those demountable from the computer.
[0043] Further, a hard disc, a ROM (Read-Only Memory), etc. are
given as the storage mediums fixed within the computer.
EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION
[0044] According to the present invention, it is feasible to
provide the technology that facilitates file marking by adding the
attribute information to the file, corresponding to the state of
reading the biometric information.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0045] FIG. 1 is a function block diagram of a file management
device.
[0046] FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a fingerprint reading
device.
[0047] FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a picture recording
reservation method.
[0048] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a reservation
screen.
[0049] FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an electronic program
guide.
[0050] FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of an in-depth setting
screen.
[0051] FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a picture recording
method.
[0052] FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a watching/listening
method.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0053] FIG. 1 is an outline drawing of an information processing
device (computer) functioning as a file management device of the
present invention, and FIG. 2 is an outline drawing of the
computer.
[0054] A computer 1 is a notebook type personal computer (which
will hereinafter be also abbreviated to a notebook PC), and
includes an arithmetic processing unit 12 constructed of a CPU
(Central Processing Unit), a main memory, etc, a storage unit (hard
disk) 13 stored with data and software for the arithmetic process,
an input/output port 14, a communication control unit (CCU) 15, etc
within a housing 11.
[0055] Connected properly to the I/O port 14 are input devices such
as a keyboard, a mouse, a CD-ROM drive, a fingerprint reading unit
(reading means) 16 and a TV tuner 17 and output devices such as a
display device and a printer.
[0056] The TV tuner 17 receives TV broadcasts via radio waves and a
cable from a broadcasting station, and detects a desired TV
program.
[0057] The fingerprint reading unit 16 is, as illustrated in FIG.
2, a linear image sensor provided in the vicinity of the keyboard.
The fingerprint reading unit 16 is built up by arranging
photoelectric converting elements in lines such as CCDs (Charge
Coupled Devices) and C-MOSs (Complementary Metal Oxide
Semiconductors), wherein an image of a user's finger "U" placed on
a detection surface (which is substantially flush with an external
surface of the housing 11 in this embodiment) is formed on light
receiving surfaces of the photoelectric converting elements. With
this configuration, when the user slides the finger "U" in a
longitudinal direction x and in an orthogonal direction y in a
state where the finger "U" is brought into contact with the
detection surface of the fingerprint reading unit 16, the
photoelectric converting elements sequentially convert the image of
the fingerprint of the finger "U" into electronic data, thereby
obtaining fingerprint information (biometric information) thereof.
Further, the detection of the finger in the slide direction
involves arranging plural strings of photoelectric converting
elements at an interval of a predetermined distance in the
y-direction and reading the image at two points simultaneously.
[0058] The CCU 15 controls communications with other computers via
a network.
[0059] The storage means 13 is preinstalled with operating system
(OS) and application software (a file management program etc).
Further, the storage means 13 is stored with a data table that
retains pieces of user's fingerprint information read by the
fingerprint reading unit 16 and unique management numbers in a way
that associates these items of information with each other.
[0060] The arithmetic processing unit 12 properly reads the OS and
the application program from the storage means 13, then executes
the OS and the application program, and performs the arithmetic
process about the information inputted from the I/O port 14 and
from the CCU 15 and also the information read from the storage
means 13, thereby functioning as a picture recording means, a
determining means, an attribute adding means and a searching
means.
[0061] The picture recording means encodes the TV program received
by the TV tuner 17 into a file in a predetermined format such as
MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) and stores the encoded file in
the storage means 13.
[0062] The determining means determines a moving direction of a
body on the basis of the biometric information read by the reading
means. Note that any one of the known technologies may be chosen as
a determining method, however, the method in the present embodiment
is that the pieces of fingerprint information read simultaneously
at the two points in the y-direction are compared with each other,
and the moving direction is determined based on which point the
fingerprint information is read at with a delay.
[0063] The attribute adding means adds, based on the biometric
information, attribute information specifying which user conducted
the picture recording, to the recorded file.
[0064] The searching means searches for the file having the
addition of the attribute information based on the biometric
information if the moving direction of the body is coincident with
a predetermined direction, and searches for a file having an
addition of another piece of attribute information based on
biometric information other than the former biometric information
whereas if the moving direction is different from the predetermined
direction. Namely, a scheme in the present embodiment entails
searching for the file recorded by the user when the user slides
the finger downward, and searching for a file recorded by a person
other than the user concerned when the user slides the finger
upward.
[0065] Next, the file management method executed on the notebook PC
1 having this configuration will be described with reference to
FIGS. 3 through 8.
[0066] <Recording Reservation Method>
[0067] The notebook PC 1, when starting up the application program
for recording in accordance with a user's operation (step 1, which
will hereinafter also be abbreviated such as S1), to begin with,
displays a menu screen illustrated in FIG. 4.
[0068] Then, when an electronic program guide 40 is selected, the
notebook PC 1 displays the electronic program guide illustrated in
FIG. 5 through a function of the recording means (S2).
[0069] When the user selects a want-to-record program 41, the
recording means accepts this selection and acquires items of
information such as recording start time, recording end time and a
channel of the program 41 from a server via a network (S3).
[0070] Next, the recording means gets an option selecting screen
(FIG. 6) displayed and prompts the user to make detailed options
about recording such as a picture quality of recording, write
protection setting and a simple search (S4). For example, if
marking is done to enable the recorded file to be simply searched
for, the simple search is set ON, and, whereas if marking is not
done, the simple search is set OFF.
[0071] Then, when detecting that a reservation button 42 is pressed
(selected) (S5), the recording means determines whether the simple
search is set ON or not (S6). If the simple search is set ON, the
recording means displays a message that prompts the user to input
the fingerprint, and, when the user slides the finger on the
fingerprint reading unit 16, reads the fingerprint of this finger
(S7). The recording means segments the thus-read fingerprint
information into a plurality of segments (15 segments in the
present embodiment) (S8), and determines by referring to the data
table in the storage means 13 whether there is a coincident segment
or not (S9) If there is the coincident segment, the management
number associated with this segment is read out and stored as a
recording reservation file together with the information acquired
in steps 3-4 in the storage means 13. Further, if the read
fingerprint information is not coincident in step 9, the
fingerprint information is registered in the way of its being
associated with the management number (S11), and the information
acquired in steps 3-4 is stored as the recording reservation file
together with this management number in the storage means 13
(S12).
[0072] <Recording Starting and Ending Method>
[0073] As illustrated in FIG. 7, the recording reservation is set,
and a standby status is set (S21), in which case the recording
means determines whether or not it reaches 5 minutes before
recording start time (S22), and, if it is 5 min before, starts up
the TV application program (S23). Moreover, the recording means
determines whether or not it reaches recording start time (S24)
and, if it reaches the recording start time, starts recording the
TV program (S25).
[0074] Then, the recording means determines whether or not it is
recording end time (S26) and, if it reaches the recording end time,
executes a closing process of the recorded file. At this time, if
the simple search is set ON, the management number is added as the
attribute information to the file. Here at, as to the addition of
the attribute information, the attribute information may be
included directly in the file and may also be stored in the data
table in a way that associates the attribute information with
information enabling the file to be specified, such as a path name
of the file.
[0075] Further, the recording means determines whether or not the
write protection setting is selected when making the recording
reservation (S28) and, if the write protection setting is selected,
changes the attribute of the file to "read-only" (S29).
[0076] <Recording Program Watching/Listening Method>
[0077] As shown in FIG. 8, when the user selects a program
navigation (moving picture program list display) 43 from on the
menu screen, the notebook PC 1 displays a message for prompting the
user to input the fingerprint and, when the user slides the finger
on the fingerprint reading unit 16, reads the fingerprint of the
finger (S32).
[0078] The determining means determines based on the read
fingerprint information whether or not the user slides the finger
downward (in a yb-direction) (S33).
[0079] When slid downward, the searching means determines by
referring to the data table whether the fingerprint information is
coincident or not (S34), then obtains the management number
associated with the fingerprint information if coincident, lists up
(searches out) a content (file) to which the management number is
added (S35), and displays this list as the content list of the user
on the application (S36). Whereas if the fingerprint information is
not coincident with any information in the data table in step 34,
displays that none of the target content exists (S37).
[0080] Moreover, the determining means, when determining in step 33
that the finger "U" is not slid downward, determines whether or not
the finger "U" is slid upward (in a ya-direction) (S38).
[0081] When slid upward, the searching means determines by
referring to the data table whether the fingerprint information is
coincident or not (S39), then obtains the management number
associated with the fingerprint information if coincident, lists up
(searches out) contents (files) to which management numbers other
than the former management number are added (S40), and displays
this list as a content list for other users on the application
(S41). Whereas if the fingerprint information is not coincident
with any information in the data table in step 39, all of the
contents are displayed as a list on the application (S42).
[0082] Further, when the determining means determines that the
finger "U" is not slid upward, after displaying an error message
(S43), all of the contents are displayed as the list on the
application (S42).
[0083] When the user selects a desired content from the list (S44),
the arithmetic processing unit 12 regenerates the content
(S45).
[0084] As described above, according to the present embodiment, the
marking can be done to specify who made the recording reservation.
Further, on the occasion of regenerating the file, the list of the
user concerned and the lists of other persons can be displayed
simply by changing the sliding direction of the finger, which
eliminates a necessity of an ID number and a password each time,
whereby the operability can be improved.
[0085] <Others>
[0086] The present invention is not limited to only the illustrated
examples given above and can be, as a matter of course, changed in
a variety of forms in the range that does not deviate from the gist
of the present invention.
[0087] For example, on the occasion of making the reservation, the
moving direction of the finger is acquired from the fingerprint
information read in step 7, and a usage authorized scheme may be
set such as inhibiting the persons other than the user concerned
from browsing if slid upward and enabling other users to browse but
inhibiting deletion if slid downward. Moreover, in the case of
inhibiting the persons other than the user concerned from browsing,
the file existence itself may be concealed from other users by
saving the file in an encrypted private area.
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